In which I discuss how some of Mormonism's darker undercurrents have shaped the Fox News phenomenon--and explain why that's bad for Mormons in general and Mitt Romney in particular. Please check it out.

That warning comes courtesy of an "exclusive interview" with Glenn Beck. You can find it in the October issue, pictured above, but it's already getting major play on Newsmax.com--which, lest we forget, recently published and then deleted a call for a military coup.

From the Seattle Times' write-up of Beck's recent visit to his home state of Washington:

Beck said he didn't remember politics being divisive growing up, and
that if people now could just stop "tearing each other apart" there was
a bright future for the country....

Beck came to Seattle amid a torrent of anger over his proclamation
on July 28 that President Obama was a racist and that he believed the
president has a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white
culture."

When I blogged last week on anti-Mexican hatemonger Jay Severin’s recent, ill-explained suspension from WTKK-FM--a suspension that remains in effect as of this writing--a host of Severin defenders weighed in with comments. One of their favorite claims: Severin was being throttled for daring to speak candidly about illegal immigration.